Just want to add a bit of my opinion to the blurb for
Johnny Get Your Gun. I really don't like the way the blurb (IMO, at least) describes the book. Although it's factually accurate, to me the blurb sort of makes it sound as if the book is mostly a commentary on racism. But it is both a mystery and a book that deals with the racism that was blatant at that time and place. (We could discuss whether racism is still blatant now, but that would require a different forum, and in any case, at the time/place of this book, it definitely was...) The book is not just a political commentary - it's also a good mystery.
Of course, IMO, the best book in the series is the first and probably best-known one,
In the Heat of the Night, which was made into a pretty famous Oscar-winning movie as well. But I think
Johnny is also well worth reading/listening to - and of course, especially since it's free. So if you, like me, were sort of put off by the blurb - I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't be!
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
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